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[SŪ. 1 3. 16
ADH 5 ] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 167
SŪTRA 16
"AND ON ACCOUNT OF SUPPORTING (THE LORD IS THE SMALL
ETHER), BECAUSE THIS GREATNESS IS OBSERVED IN HIM (FROM
ANOTHER SCRIPTURAL PASSAGE)."
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
The holding apart, mentioned in the passage 'He is the bridge,
a limitary support of these worlds' (Chānd 8.4.1 ¹), fits in if the small
ether be the Highest Self, because "this greatness is observed" "in
him', i e. in the Highest Self alone who is called 'a support' ² on the
authority of another scriptural passage, viz : 'At the command of this
Imperishable, Gārgī, the sun and the moon stand, held apart' (Bṛh
3 8.9 ³)
Vedānta-kaustubha
On account of the following reason, viz. • "On account of support-
ing", by the word 'small ether', the Highest Self alone is to be under-
stood here. Compare 'Now, he who is the soul is the bridge, a
limitary support for keeping these worlds apart' (Chānd 8.4.1)
The sense is: (The soul is) 'a bridge',—or, the cause of the non-inter-
mixture,—and a 'limitary support',—or that which separates,—'for
keeping apart'—i e for preventing the intermixture or splitting
asunder 'of these worlds', or of the worlds separated from one another
as relating to the soul (i e. internal), and as relating to the gods
(i e external) The sense is that as "this greatness", viz. supporting,
"is observed" in the Highest Self in another scriptural passage, so
here, too, the small ether, the limitary support of all the worlds, is
known to be the Highest Self. The other scriptural passage is to the
effect . 'At the command of this Imperishable, Gārgī, the sun and the
moon stand held apart' (Bṛh. 3.8.9). Similarly, there is a passage :
'He is the Lord of all, he is the Lord of the worlds, he is the bridge,
the limitary support for keeping these worlds apart' (Bṛh. 4.4.22 ⁴).
¹ Ś, R, Bh, ŚK, B
² CSS. ed. slightly different, p. 14, viz . 'Asya ca mahimno dhṛtyā-
khyasya . . .'
³ Ś, R, Bh.
⁴ Correct quotation: 'Esa sarveśvara esa bhūtādhipatir esa bhūta-pālaḥ esa
setuḥ . . .' Vide Bṛh. 4.4.22, p. 246.